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Sheep Management: housing ewes, lameness control and sheep census

Grass supplies have been depleted on many farms leaving little option but to introduce supplementary feeding at grass or house ewes.

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Sheep Management: housing ewes, lameness control and sheep census

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Tullamore Farm: breeding coming to an end in sheep flock

Tullamore Farm: breeding coming to an end in sheep flock

TULLAMORE FARM 28 November 2025

Sheep Management: liver fluke, new antiparasitics regulation and lameness issues

Sheep Management: liver fluke, new antiparasitics regulation and lameness issues

MANAGEMENT 19 November 2025

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: hoof-paring crush and training course

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: hoof-paring crush and training course

Twenty ways to spend €20,000: hoof-paring crush and training course

NEWS 26 October 2025

AHI launches new lameness initiative

AHI launches new lameness initiative

AHI launches new lameness initiative

NEWS 30 September 2025

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Batch footbaths vital in overcoming lameness issues

Batch footbaths vital in overcoming lameness issues

Galway framer Michael Forde constructed a roofed batch footbath to help overcome a lameness outbreak which resulted in 20% lameness in his ewe flock.

FARM BUILDINGS 11 June 2025

Sheep Management: faecal egg counts, store lambs and quarantine control

Sheep Management: faecal egg counts, store lambs and quarantine control

Faecal egg counts analysed for the purpose of scheme compliance must be submitted to a laboratory on the Department’s approved listing.

MANAGEMENT 11 June 2025

Lameness costs average dairy farmer €8,750 per year - AHI

Lameness costs average dairy farmer €8,750 per year - AHI

Lameness costs the Irish dairy industry €129m annually, according to assistant professor at the school of veterinary medicine in UCD Eoin Ryan.

NEWS 11 June 2025

AHI launches cow lameness video series

AHI launches cow lameness video series

The series was officially launched on Wednesday by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Noel Grealish at the Teagasc dairy open day in Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork.

NEWS 11 June 2025

New AHI plan to tackle dairy cow lameness

New AHI plan to tackle dairy cow lameness

Future national hoof care and lameness standards to be set on the back of new Animal Health Ireland lameness programme.

NEWS 11 June 2025

Important year for genotyped ram action

Important year for genotyped ram action

Flocks which have not purchased a genotyped ram in year one or two must purchase a ram in 2025 or risk being withdrawn from the scheme

AGRI-SCHEMES 11 June 2025

Sheep Management: lameness treatment, shearing delays and rush control

Sheep Management: lameness treatment, shearing delays and rush control

The advice is to retain sheep with scald in footbath solution for 15 to 20 minutes when using a 10% zinc or copper sulphate-based solution.

MANAGEMENT 11 June 2025

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